SCONRES 19 United States Senate · 118th Congress

A concurrent resolution urging the establishment of a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation.

SCONRES 19 is a non-binding concurrent resolution introduced in the U.S. Senate on July 27, 2023, by Senators Booker, Coons, and others. It urges the President to establish a United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation to address historical racial inequities. The resolution identifies over 400 years of systemic oppression against Black, Indigenous, and other people of color, including discriminatory policies like the Chinese Exclusion Act and residential segregation. The proposed commission would aim to "jettison the belief in a hierarchy of human value," "embrace our common humanity," and eliminate persistent racial inequities. As a resolution, it does not create the commission itself but formally calls on the executive branch to take action.
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Introduced Jul 27, 2023 Last action Jul 27, 2023
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Jul 27, 2023
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3772-3773)
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